The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) a rare William IV Knight Grand Cross breast star, by Rundell Bridge & Co., London, c.1834-37, 91mm x 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Co., Jewellers to their Majesties and all the Royal Family, Ludgate Hill, London’, and fitted with gold retaining pin, some enamel loss to ‘Ich Dien’ motto and central wreath, otherwise good very fine and rare for this period £2,400-£2,800

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2009.

The name of the firm was changed to Rundell Bridge & Co. in 1834 after the deaths of various former partners.